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Ecology of Social Evolution

Erschienen am 19.10.2010, 1. Auflage 2008
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ISBN/EAN: 9783642095078
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xii, 266 S.
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Beschreibung

InhaltsangabeThe evolution and ecology of cooperation - history and concepts.- The ecology of altruism in a clonal insect.- The evolutionary ecology of eusociality in Australian gall thrips: a 'model clades' approach.- The ecology and evolution of helping in hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae).- Why are so many bees but so few digger wasps social? The effect of provisioning mode and helper efficiency on the distribution of sociality among the Apoidea.- Social plasticity: ecology, genetics, and the structure of ant societies.- The ecology of social evolution in termites.- Kin recognition mechanisms in cooperative breeding systems: ecological causes and behavioral consequences of variation.- Social Ecology of Horses.- African mole-rats: eusociality, relatedness and ecological constraints.- Genetic and ecological determinants of primate social systems.- The ecology of social life: A synthesis.

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Inhalt

The evolution and ecology of cooperation - history and concepts.- The ecology of altruism in a clonal insect.- The evolutionary ecology of eusociality in Australian gall thrips: a ''model clades'' approach.- The ecology and evolution of helping in hover wasps (Hymenoptera: Stenogastrinae).- Why are so many bees but so few digger wasps social? The effect of provisioning mode and helper efficiency on the distribution of sociality among the Apoidea.- Social plasticity: ecology, genetics, and the structure of ant societies.- The ecology of social evolution in termites.- Kin recognition mechanisms in cooperative breeding systems: ecological causes and behavioral consequences of variation.- Social Ecology of Horses.- African mole-rats: eusociality, relatedness and ecological constraints.- Genetic and ecological determinants of primate social systems.- The ecology of social life: A synthesis.